Archivists Let You Now Read Some of the First Ever Reviews of Mario and Zelda (www.404media.co)
from misk@piefed.social to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 20:06
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oddspinnaker9295@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 20:57 next collapse

Here is a link directly to the archive on Video Game History Foundation’s website! I support their work and look forward to getting a new vintage magazine (bagged and boarded!) every month.

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 08 Aug 20:59 next collapse

Gotta look through this later and see if there’s a low review for Zelda where the reviewer is straight up confused about where to actually go in the game.

“The only direction you’re given is some old dude in a cave who says it is dangerous to go alone!”

ramius345@sh.itjust.works on 09 Aug 16:30 collapse

The book that comes with the cartridge has a map that shows where the first dungeon is. Or at least the version I had as a kid did.

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world on 09 Aug 19:54 collapse

Is that what gamesmen read back then?

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world on 09 Aug 20:07 collapse

they weren’t gamesmen yet since videogames were still fairly young.

they were called gamesteens at the time.